At this time, the entire palace was under martial law, and the Southern troops who were originally on duty at Weiyang Palace had disappeared.
Almost all of the new guards are direct descendants of Zhou Yafu, the elite of the Xiliu Camp back then.
Therefore, when Liu Che entered the palace this time, he was strictly interrogated and inspected, and was only released after being confirmed to be correct.
As soon as they entered Sima Gate and got off the bus, doctor Ling Zhou Ren was already waiting for Liu Che in front of Sima Gate.
"Mr. Zhou, what is going on?" Liu Che asked regardless of etiquette after meeting him. He really needed to know urgently now, what was going on?
Therefore, as soon as he opened his mouth, Liu Che kept asking questions: "Has the news been disclosed? How many people know about this now?"
There is no doubt that these questions are very critical!
If the news of King Chu's death is still controlled within a relatively small range, then there is still room for manipulation.
Historically, keeping secrets and making secrets are tried-and-tested tricks of the ruling class when facing such emergencies.
At that time, Zhao Gaolisi concealed the death of Qin Shihuang and did not announce the funeral secretly. This is the most classic case of this kind.
"Reporting back home, it's a dead man!" Zhou Yuan led Liu Che towards the palace, introducing the situation as he walked: "The dead man is the confidant, confidant, and personal bodyguard of King Chu for many years. Suddenly he suddenly appeared.
In the palace, a poisonous needle contaminated with poison was inserted directly into the neck of the King of Chu, killing him immediately!"
"After the incident happened, Sima of the Southern Army on duty had ordered to block the news and locked the palace door. People outside should not know about it!" Zhou Ren said: "It's just...I'm afraid we can't hide it for too long.
The King of Chu, Taifu Yue Yiwu, and the Prime Minister Zhang Shang will come to the palace tomorrow to pay their respects. By then, they will definitely know the truth!"
Liu Che nodded when he heard this.
Yue Yiwu and Zhang Shang definitely couldn't hide it!
But now, the key and difficulty of the problem is that under such circumstances, it will be difficult for the court to trust the ministers of King Liu Wu of Chu.
Even Yue Yiwu and Zhang Shang are probably the targets of suspicion now.
The reason is very simple. The dead man definitely did not commit the crime alone. He must have an accomplice. At least, he must have someone on the line. Otherwise, without instructions, he would not be able to act at all.
In this way, all the accompanying ministers of Chu State will be suspected.
Even in the eyes of Father Liu Che, none of these people are reliable!
Think about it, in later generations, a great man like Taizu of the Celestial Dynasty, after encountering the serious case of eternal health rebellion, directly put an entire elite army completely idle and dismantled it.
Are all the rebels in that army?
Obviously not!
That unit is an old unit with solid roots and is absolutely reliable when it comes to loyalty!
However, since it is related to eternal health, no matter how reliable it is, it has become problematic!
At this moment, it's almost the same situation.
The dignified princes and kings were assassinated by their personal guards in full view of the public.
No matter how loyal Chu's ministers were in the past, now they are all labeled as suspects.
Liu Che knows very well how difficult the current situation is!
"I want to see my father immediately!" Liu Che thought for a moment and said immediately.
The current situation is extremely complex.
Liu Che didn't know how bad the impact of Liu Wu's death in Weiyang Palace would be.
But it is foreseeable that the follow-up handling of this matter will affect the trend of the entire world.
As for what you want to say, the truth can be made known to the world.
hehe……
If this is effective, the IQ of the people in the world is too low!
Think about it, King Liu Wu of Chu died in Weiyang Palace!
As a result, the imperial court told the world that the King of Chu was killed by his own bodyguard...
Who believes it?
Anyway, Liu Che felt that if he were a vassal king who was alienated from Chang'an, he would definitely not believe it!
You may even feel in your heart that this is a lie made up by Changan to deceive children!
In Liu Che's view, there is only one solution for the present, and that is...
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A quarter of an hour later, Zhou Ren and Liu Che met with the emperor, and then the father and son talked in secret behind closed doors for more than an hour.
No one knows what the prince and the emperor discussed.
The only news the outside world got was that King Chu's tutor Yue Yiwu and Prime Minister Zhang Shang entered the palace at starry night. After that, the entire Weiyang Palace remained quiet and silent.
However, this strange tranquility was broken two days later.
Guangling, the capital of the Wu Kingdom.
King Wu Liu Bi was fully armed, wearing filial piety cloth on his head and plain clothes.
His army of more than 100,000 men was all on the plains.
The fierce battle flag is flying.
"The Emperor of Chang'an was bewitched by treachery and secretly killed the King of Chu!" Liu Bi stepped onto the general stage with a sad face and said sadly to the generals: "How innocent is the King of Chu? Chu, the eldest brother of Wu,
In the past, when the kings of Chu Yuan and Yi were alive, they taught me a lot. Now, King Wu of Chu has died tragically in Chang'an. I am determined to seek justice for him, clear the emperor's side, and punish the errant ministers!"
He fiercely pulled out the sword from his waist, pointed to the sky and said: "I am sixty-two years old, and I will be in charge! The young son is fourteen years old, and he is also the first soldier. Over the years, he has been compared with the young man, and compared with the young son and so on, all have been defeated!"
"
But Liu Bi still felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Although the news from Chang'an has confirmed that Liu Wu is indeed dead.
However, Chang'an has not published an obituary and has remained unusually quiet and silent.
But at this moment, Liu Bi could hardly bear it any longer.
If he endured it any longer, if Chang'an mobilized an army to enter Chu State and block his way out, then everything would really be over.
It's better to take advantage of this opportunity to raid the Chu State, capture Pengcheng, and combine the forces of Wu and Chu, then there will be more fun.
Otherwise, just with the three counties of Wu State, Chang'an can besiege Wu State to death!
"Everyone, let us work together to support the country, clear the emperor's side, and punish the errant ministers!"
"Qing the emperor's side, punish the errant ministers!"
Amid the fanatical shouts of countless soldiers, the supervising ministers sent by the Han Dynasty to Wu State and the ministers with more than 2,000 shi who refused to follow the rebellion were all dragged to the school field and killed to sacrifice the flag.
On Bingwu in the tenth month of the year Dinghai, King Liu Bi of Wu raised an army in Guangling and conscripted more than fourteen people from all over Wu in the name of killing the princes indiscriminately, not treating the clan brothers as a king, expelling the emperor's meritorious officials, appointing traitors, and disturbing the foundation of the country.
, men under the age of sixty-two.
The Wu army crossed the Yangtze River in one day and marched straight in. Under the banner of "helping the king of Chu to avenge" and "seeking justice", the Wu army almost surrendered Pengcheng, the capital of the Chu state, without a fight.
Within three days, more than a hundred cities in the three counties of Chu were brought under the control of the Wu army.
King Wu Liu Bi made Liu Shun, the prince of Chu King Liu Wu, the king of Chu, and gave Liu Wu the posthumous title Huai.
At the same time, he sent a letter to the world, describing all the shortcomings of Chang'an.
Three days later, the King of Wu raised his troops and the fall of Chu, as well as King Wu's battle report, were sent to Chang'an.
Guanzhong was shaken, and the world was shaken!
When Liu Che heard this, he smiled and said, "Just jump into the pit!"
But Liu Che had to admit that Liu Bi still had capable people.
For example, Liu Bi’s battle submission is very well written!
Liu Che stood up and told Wang Dao: "Prepare the car and enter the palace!"
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At the same time, the news of King Wu's revolt and his payment reached the desks of almost all the princes and kings.
"King Wu Liu Bi respectfully asked the King of Jiaoxi, the King of Jiaodong, the King of Zichuan, the King of Jinan, the King of Zhao, the King of Hengshan, the King of Lujiang, and the Prince of Changsha: Fortunately, I have taught you this! There are traitors in the Han Dynasty who have done nothing for the world and invaded the princes' lands. The impeachment of officials was based on interrogation and punishment, and for the reason of killing and humiliating them, Liu Wu, the king of Chu, died violently! All the meritorious officials of the previous emperor were banished and executed without any courtesy from the emperor. The flesh and blood of the Liu family were shuddering but fearful, and the rebellious officials and traitors filled the court and the public. , If you want to endanger the country, Your Majesty is often ill and has lost his will and cannot reflect. I want to raise troops to kill him, so please listen to me!"
In Changsha City, a nobleman in rich attire read out the payment document sent by Liu Bi. He only read halfway and immediately jumped up and said: "Hurry, Hurry!"
He immediately ordered his servants and subordinates: "Prepare armor for me. I will raise an army to respond to the king of Wu!"
This man is the concubine of Wu Bin, the king of Changsha. He is deeply disgusted by the unscrupulous way of abrogating his inheritance rights and granting the title of Changsha to his son without even consulting the court. He has always been dissatisfied. Now he heard that King Wu If you raise an army, where can you still sit still?
"...Although our country is small, with an area of 3,000 miles, and although there are few people, we can have up to 500,000 elite soldiers..." Qi State, Linzi, Qi King Liu Jianglu only glanced at the submitted document and regarded it as waste paper. Throwing it into the trash can, he chuckled: "What nonsense? Three thousand miles? Five hundred thousand? You believe it? I just want to watch the show..."
The King of Qi, General Liu, expressed deep doubts about the success of King Wu's rebellion.
Even though Liu Bi already held more than 200 cities in six counties at this time, it was still not enough in front of Chang'an!
"I have been in South Vietnam for thirty years. The kings and kings have not hesitated to divide their soldiers to follow me, and I can get more than 300,000..." Liu Xian, the king of Zichuan, looked at the submission. To be honest, he was quite moved. Liu Xian After a simple calculation, Xian found that Wu King Liu Bi already had an army of fifty plus thirty, or eight hundred thousand.
Don't worry about whether he blows well or not.
To be able to play such a powerful player, his strength is definitely not much weaker.
only……
Liu Xian looked at the troops he had on hand and counted them carefully on his wrists. He only had a total of three thousand troops, and the rest were in Xingyang.
Well, if the King of Wu can march westward to Jianghuai and reach Xingyang, I will think about whether to follow him or not.
As for now, just watch the show.
The other kings of the Qi Kingdom each had their own plans, and most of them chose to wait and see.
But Liu Bo, the king of Lujiang, was heartbroken after seeing the payment.
Because his eldest brother Liu An, the king of Huainan, was killed by Chang'an. Although he had no relationship with Liu An, Liu Bo felt that he should have made plans in advance.
However, his foundation in the Lujiang Kingdom is still shallow. Lujiang is only a small country, and a single county can only recruit a total of 20,000 to 30,000 troops.
Without external help, Liu Bo felt that he was pulling the flag with his front foot, and his back foot would have to be suppressed by his prime minister and Taifu. Even if this was not the case, the tens of thousands of Han troops stationed in the Hengshan Kingdom next door for disaster relief could also kill his old man. Life!
Therefore, Liu Bo quietly sent a letter to Liu Bi, asking Liu Bi to send an army to respond.
Handan, State of Zhao.
However, King Zhao Liu Sui hesitated.
Honestly, rebellion?
King Zhao Liu Sui had already had this idea. However, Xingyang is not far from Handan!
If he dares to rebel, Dou Ying, the general of Xingyang, will crush him to death with one finger.
unless……
"The Huns are joining..." Liu Sui thought, so he found a close confidant and ordered him to leave quietly and contact the Huns. Well, if the Huns are willing to participate, then he will follow the rebellion. If the Huns
If people don’t want to, then forget it!
Liu Sui felt that with his small arms and legs, he would definitely not be able to defeat Chang'an.
As for whether the Huns will join in?
Liu Sui thought about it and felt that with the Huns' temper, they would definitely get involved.
Didn’t the Huns invade in large numbers last year?
Liu Sui felt that under normal circumstances, the Huns would not miss such a good opportunity to rob!
You know, Chang'an and the Henan area under Xiongnu control are only 800 miles apart! (Note 1)
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Liu Che stepped into the Xuanshi Hall.
The entire hall was empty, except for the Emperor, who was sitting upright.
"Prince, are you ready?" Emperor Liu Qi asked.
Liu Che knelt down and reported: "Father is almost ready... King Wu has entered the urn and can start performing!"
A few days ago, when Liu Che entered the palace, he secretly discussed with his father and came up with a solution that was not a solution.
This idea is called Li Dai Tao Jian.
In short, since Liu Wu is dead, no matter how the court explains it, it will be the same to anyone who cares.
Then just cheat!
It is very difficult to find two identical people in this world.
But if you just want to find someone who is roughly the same, it is relatively easy.
There are so many cosplays from the three generations of the North Korean Jin Dynasty.
There are a lot of imitation shows on TV.
At this time, it is not difficult to find someone to imitate Liu Wu.
In fact, as long as the height, accent, body shape and face shape are similar, it will be fine.
Then, put a set of royal robes on him, and let Yue Yiwu and Zhang Shang endorse it. In this way, he would be the most authentic King of Chu.
Who dares to question, who can doubt?
Therefore, the Shaofu Yamen quickly found a dozen candidates with similar characteristics from the manor under his name.
After screening, a man who was born in Chu and grew up in Pengcheng was finally selected to play the role of King Liu Wu of Chu.
After these days of emergency training and guidance, at the very least, this man has been able to imitate Liu Wu's appearance with a 70% to 80% resemblance under the guidance of others.
This is enough!
Liu Che remembered that in the later years of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, there was a case where someone claimed to be Emperor Guangxu.
The case was finally heard before the governor of a certain province and was ruled to be counterfeit.
This case tells people that in feudal society, if you want to pretend to be a big shot, the key is not whether you look like someone, but whether you are brave enough.
As for this drama, how will it end?
Liu Che is not worried at all. When the play is over, he will find an excuse to let 'Liu Wu' die 'naturally' or commit suicide out of guilt. Don't make it too simple!
History is written by the victors.
As long as Liu Bi can be defeated, then everything we do now is correct and just! r1152
